Canon is picky about what cartridge is in the MX Photo Printer - I have had the best reproduction with Canon Pixma Cartridges and generally get the High Yield one. Colors are both true to need and complexity required. Although an older machine it still does an excellent job.

The colors are great, and they are true to the real colors, but my printer, an MX310, drinks this ink like water. I am always running out of ink. The cartidges do not seem to last very long. I had a different Canon printer before, this an i9900, and though the ink was expensive, it seemed like it lasted a long time. Maybe I need to look into a different printer. I wish the cartridges had a larger capacity so I wouldn' have to purchaser ink as often as I do. I really do like Canon printers and I am reluctant to change to another brand.

The CL-51 is a much better buy than the less expensive version. Thoughboth produce very good color reproductions the number of quality print-outs produced by the 51 far exceeds the production of the alternate for the comparatively small increase in price. Also, you should know that in all cases with this and the compatible Canon inks, they continue to create good color clarity long after the low ink warnings appear, so you have plenty of time to purchase a replacement.

Ink for the Cannon printer is expensive, like all printer ink. I prefer "real" ink to refill ink, so I pay more. But I do believe I get a better product. Staples usually has the ink I need, and always at a competitive price.

GOOD COLOR OUTPUT, BUT IT COST TOO MUCH!!! HOWEVER, SINCE THERE IS PRICE FIXING AND THE REFILLS DON'T WORK WORTH A DARN, THERE ARE NO OTHER OPTIONS AND CANON KNOWS IT AS THEY HAVE ENGINEERED AND PLANED THIS HOOKED ON WAY TOO HIGH OF INK AS LONG AS YOU OWN AND USE THE PRINTER. THERE DO NOT SEEM TO BE ANY OTHER OPTIONS. GOOD PRINTER & GOOD INK WITHOUT THE PROJECTED YIELD, HOWEVER. SO . . .LIK EVERYBODY ELSE . . .STUCK!!